Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story
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Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story (2005) is an opera film. It was written by Francesco Maria Piave with the music of Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Gianfranco Fozzi and produced by Guido Pietroni and Maurizio De Santis.
Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Rigoletto is brought to life in this production of the opera, performed in Siena, Italy, by Roberto Servile , Inva Mula , Marcelo Alvarez and the Toscanini Foundation Orchestra, conducted by Keri Lynn Wilson and featuring costumes by Vivienne Westwood.
In the 1550s, Mantua, the Duke, a celebrated ladies man, seduces Gilda, the beautiful daughter of his sharp-tongued jester, Rigoletto. Vowing revenge, her furious father hires Sparafucile, a notorious assassin, to avenge his family’s honor - a decision that ends in tragedy.
Genre: opera film
Credited cast:
- Rigoletto, the Duke's jester - A Baritone Roberto Servile
- Gilda, his daughter - A Soprano Inva Mula
- Duke of Mantua - A Tenor Marcelo Alvarez
- Sparafucile, an assassin - A Bass Andrea Silvestrelli
- Maddalena, his sister - A Mezzo-Soprano Svetlana Serdar
- Giovanna, Gilda's Nurse - A Mezzo-Soprano Paola Leveroni
- Count Ceprano - A Bass Boschetti Giulio
- Countess Ceprano, his wife - A Mezzo-Soprano Emilia Bertoncello
- Matteo Borsa, a courtier - A Tenor Giovanni Maini
- Count Monterone - A Baritone Cesare Lana
- Marullo - A Baritone Andrea Cortese
- Runtime: USA:126 min
- Country: Italy
- Language: Italian
- Color: Color
- Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
- Certification: Australia:G / UK:U
[edit] External links
- Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto Story at the Internet Movie Database
- Rigoletto Story Official Link
- English-German fangroup for Marcelo Álvarez
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